If I see northern lights in the sky reflecting on the surface of the water,

I recognize the reflected image as a projection-like a mirror image

Because I see it with my own eyes, I am convinced that I am reliable.

To create my view of the world depending on how I perceive it.

The northern lights reflecting on the surface of the water

Are the illusions through which my bias of my world view developed.

While I do not notice it, I repeat the same patterns of perceiving things over and over

Where is the real world I am living in?

It is necessary for me to draw a boundary

Between reality and my perceived world?

Well, am I really willing to draw this boundary?

By Eiko Emily Uehara

🄫Eiko Uehara 2020

Eiko was born and raised in Tokyo. Since coming to Salmon Arm in 1993, she has engaged in spontaneous art making.

As a visual artist. Eiko has exhibited her art at several shows: Shuswap Artists, sponsored by the Shuswap Art Gallery Association; an open exhibition Shuswap Lake Festival of the Arts sponsored by the Shuswap Lake Festival of the Art in Sorrento, etc.

She has received several awards: Award of Excellence for her contribution to the banner project sponsored by the Shuswap District Arts Council in 2002, a Community Arts Award for her contribution to art activities in the community sponsored by the Shuswap District Art Council in 2008. Her art works were juried for displaying at the Table 24 art exhibition in 2015.

After taking several art courses, she has been exploring a suitable method of expression in her art such as mixed media. Poetry with visual images is one aspect of an interesting collaboration of her artistic expression.

Eiko Emily Uehara

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